Bulk material squeezer



March 13, 1945. 1.. MILLER 2,371,403'

BULK MATERIAL SQUEEZER Filed 001:. 27, 1942 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 13, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE" v .2 BULK MA'ziii fi sQlJEEzEni I Lewis Miller, Marion, Ohio Application October 27, 1942, Serial No. 463,563

1 Claim.

My invention relates to the tying of bulk material in shocks, bundles and the like, and has among its objects and advantages the provision of an improved fodder squeezer.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view of,the fodder squeezer in its rope-tightening position;

into the slot 24 and the string is carried around the shock and cut for length through the medium of the edge 22. After cutting for length, the binding string is tied and the rope 28 removed from the bundle.

The blade l6 serves a twofold function inthat it constitutes an anchor for one end of the tying string, in addition to its knife function. This greatly facilitates handling of the tying string in that the work may be done in an expeditious manner by one person. In the 'past, it has frequently been necessary for two persons to cooperate in the tying action, one holding the tying string while the other walked around the shock to loop the tying string thereabout. The string is easily pulled into the slot 24 and is held sufficiently firm thereby to retain the string while make use of a bar Ill having a grooved wheel l2 rotatably connected therewith near one end of the bar. A rope-latching bar I4 is pivotally connected intermediate its ends with the bar Hi to pivot in the plane of wheel I2. -To the bar in is fixedly secured a string holder and cutting blade 16. A bolt l8 pivotally connects the latch bar M with the bar Ill and secures the blade Hi to the bar. This blade is provided with a flange 2n engaging one edge of the bar Ill to be. restrained from rotation. One edge of the blade I6 is provided with a cutting edge 22 ofslightly curved contour. A slot 24 is provided in the blade I6 for the reception of a tying string. This slot is widened at 26 to facilitate insertion of the string. This slot is relatively narrow so as to have firm binding engagement with the string when the latter is pulled into place. -The slot 24 substantially parallels the cutting edge 22.

In operation, one end of a tightening rope 28 is threaded through an opening 30 in one end. of the latch bar I4 and made secure, as by knotting. The device is thrown into the shock and the rope 28 is carried around the shock and then placed in the grooved wheel I2, as in Figure 1. A pull is then exerted on the rope 28 to tightly compact the shock or other bulk material, after which the latch bar I4 is brought to the posi tion of Figure 2 to have end engagement with the rope 28 and latch the latter firmly to the wheel l2. Such engagement between the latch bar It and the rope 28 restrains the wheel I 2 from rotation, so that the shock or other bulk material will be supported in itscompacted condition by reason of the rope 28.

One end of a tying string 32 is then pulled itate insertion of the string.

looping it about the shock. The cutting edge is located in close proximity to the slot so that the tying string may be accurately cut for length to eliminate waste, and the two ends of the string are brought into close relationship so as to facilitate tying.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully illustrate, my invention, that others may,

by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service.

I claim:

A shock compressing and tying device, comprising an elongated bar-shaped body carrying a pulley to receive the binding line, a bar pivotally mounted on one side of the body for connection with one end of the binding line and swin'gable to a clamping position with respect to the line on the pulley, a flat plate-like member carried on the body opposite the bar and provided with a right angular lateral flange along one edge extending across the edge of the body,

a bolt extending through the plate member, the I respect to the body, the part of the plate member opposite the flange projecting below the body and shaped to curve forwardly toward the pulley, the curved edge adjacent the pulley being sharpened to provide a knife edge, and the plate formed with a tying string receiving slot spaced from and inclined and substantially parallel with the knife edge and'having a wide mouth to facil- LEWIs M LLER. 

